How Have You Been Lyrics English Translation by Kwon Jin Ah
How have you been?
You really haven’t changed at all
Back then, I was too young—
But after all this time,
There’s no need for excuses
We’re just walking down different roads now
No one made me smile the way you did
And no one made me cry the way you did, either
That person next to you… they suit you
You probably look at them the way you once looked at me
You’ll say “I love you,” “I like you”
But not as clumsily as before
You smile like such a grown-up now, it feels strange
And suddenly, I miss it—
The old me, the old you, the old us
I thought I’d be happy to see you
But I was a little scared
Afraid I might fall apart if our eyes met again
You used to say “I love you,” “I like you”
So fearless, without hesitation
But now when you smile just like you used to
It catches me off guard—
I feel the tears welling up again
I know we can’t love the way we did back then
It was precious because we were so unsure
Why didn’t we realize it then?
Thank you—for forgiving the foolish me
For staying, even when I was scared
You were my softest mistake
The younger us, before we knew too much
Now we know everything—
Too much, maybe
Me, you, us